Creepy Kid Stuff: Edison’s Talking Doll & the Dark Truth About Nursery Rhymes
Season 4, Episode 312, Mar 18, 2021, 05:46 AM
Did you know Thomas Edison created a talking doll that was so upsetting, it even creeped people out back then? Bethany goes into the reason behind Baby Creeps-You-Out (not its real name but it shoulda been). Then, Kathleen pulls the veil back on what those strange nursery rhymes are really about. Because who can make a garden grow with silver bells, cockle shells, etc etc? #BabyFeelsSoWrong
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BETHANY’S SOURCES:
KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_(nursery_rhyme)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_(nursery_rhyme)